Onondaga lake Erie Canal
Onondaga
I-90
Lake Tackle Box
Liverpool
Largemouth Bass
370
690
I-81
Syracuse
Worms, Crayfish, Spinners, Buzz Baits, Plastic Worms -----------------
Walleyes Live Baits,
Elevation: ....................400 feet Shoreline: ....................12 miles Maximum depth: ...........71 feet Thermocline: ....................none
Spinners with
Public Launches Onondaga Lake Park Marina 315-453-6721
Situated to the northwest of the city of Syracuse, Onondaga Lake features 12 miles of metropolitan shoreline which provides a national class fishery for smallmouth and largemouth bass as well as carp.
boat launch operated by Onondaga County Parks at the Onondaga Lake Park Marina (315-453-6721). This marina is easily accessed via Vine Street (near Route 370) in the Village of Liverpool.
The lake connects to several other waterways with no barriers to block fish passage. Species from Oneida Lake traverse to Onondaga via Nine Mile Creek, while the lake outlet flows into the Seneca River allowing an abundance of warm water varieties to be found here.
The Onondaga County Dept. of Water Environment Protection monitors the variety and movement of the community of fish in the lake with a yellow “spaghetti tag� below the dorsal fin. Anyone catching a
worms, Bright Spoons -----------------
tagged fish should record the number on the tag, the length, weight and location caught, then report this information to OCDWEP at 315-435-2260 ext. 360. There are health advisories as to whether the fish caught in Onondaga Lake should be eaten. Please check with the County Dept. of Water Environment Protection for this advice before making a meal of your catch.
Smallmouth Bass Crabs, Minnows, Worms, Small Plugs, Small Spinners -----------------
Perch Worms, Snmall Minnows, Grubs, Perch Eyes -----------------
This sacred ancestral home to the Haudenosaunee is five miles long by one mile wide with over 60 species of identified fish existing in the lake. Due to limited deep water structure, the best fishing is along the shoreline drop-offs and in the Onondaga Lake outlet to the Seneca River.
Bullheads Worms, Minnows -----------------
Northern Pike Spoons, Plugs, Spinners, Live Bait
Close to the NYS Thruway as well as Interstate 81, Onondaga Lake is accessible via the New York State Canal system through the Seneca River as well as the paved
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